EMC VNX Series Installation Guide

cables. Each BE loop can support up to 10 DAEs. For more details on additional DAE
cabling, see your VNX hardware information guide.
Your VNX also supports an optional 4-port SAS I/O module in slot 0 of each SP,
allowing for up to four more loops. For connections to the additional four loops, see
Figure 57 on page 73.
Figure 56 Connecting the mini-HD cable ends to the SAS ports of the I/O module
0 1 2 3
Figure 57 SAS cabling for the SAS I/O module
AC
DC
!
1
0
1
0
X4
AC
DC
!
X4
X4
X4
B
A
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3
SP A SAS 0 Port 1
SP A SAS 0 Port 0
SP B SAS 0 Port 1
SP B SAS 0 Port 0
LCC A
LCC A
LCC B
LCC B
SP A SAS 0 Port 2
SP A SAS 0 Port 3
LCC A
LCC A
SP B SAS 0 Port 2
SP B SAS 0 Port 3
LCC B
LCC B
Add additional storage
Connecting additional DAEs to your VNX system 73

EMC VNX Series Specifications

General

Management Interface	Unisphere
Drive Support	SAS, NL-SAS, Flash (SSD)
RAID Levels	RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6
Protocols Supported	Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS
Data Services	Deduplication, Compression, Snapshots, Replication
Processor	Intel Xeon
Operating System	VNX Operating Environment (block), VNX File Operating Environment (file)